Victoria completed the Advanced Standing Master’s Degree Program in 2001 from Springfield College. She received her degree in the field of social work. She went on to obtain a Post Master’s Certificate in Advanced Practice with Children and Adolescents in 2009 from Springfield College.
Victoria also became certified as a Certified Batterer’s Intervention Counselor in 1997 and facilitated groups until 2000 at the Gandara Mental Health Center.
She has also received licensure from the National Christian Counselors Association as a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor. In addition, she was licensed as a Minister from New Creation Discipleship Ministry in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Victoria currently works full-time for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the Department of Children and Families as an Ongoing Supervisor. She has worked for the Department for over 23 years where she works with a focus on ensuring safety for children, building and strengthening the family unit, as well as assisting foster parents as they work to provide a safe space for children affected by trauma.
She has done outpatient therapy work through the Community Services Institute and completed her student internship at Rebecca Johnson School as a School Adjustment Counselor. Victoria was also employed at the Big Brothers and Big Sister Agency assessing the needs of children and screening volunteers who serviced them.
Victoria has a passion for working with individuals who have struggle with co-dependency, trauma, domestic violence issues, and childhood related trauma.
She is a mother of two adult daughters and a proud grandmother of five grandchildren. She is a devoted wife, a stepmother to four adults and step-grandmother to step-grandmother to eight children. She loves to read and enjoys writing.
